VC VOX POP | “Which Teachers Were Your Greatest Influences Growing Up?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...Stefan Gheorghiu ... and of course all my previous and current teachers" VC Artist Violinist, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "First and foremost, my grandfather of course ... but I'd like to…
VC VOX POP | “Are There Any Classical Musicians Who've Made You Star-Struck?" [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...we shook hands, my hand literally disappeared into his huge palm ..." Violinist VC Artist <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "I can't say that I was ever star struck, but I do…
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VC VOX POP | “Which Musicians From The Past Do You Take Your Greatest Inspiration From?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...Oscar Peterson, Thelonius Monk ... and Rostropovich" Russian-American Violinist, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "David Oistrakh, Henryk Szeryng, Jascha Heifetz, Emil Gilels, Fedor Chaliapin, Sergei Rachmaninoff ... and my grandfather, Viktor Pikaizen"…
Violinist Victor Pikayzen has Died, Aged 90
<span class="excerpt_part"> Born in Kyiv in 1933, into a musical family, Victor <strong>Pikayzen</strong> attended the Kyiv Conservatory (now known as the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music) at the age…
Prizes Awarded at Germany’s Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition
<span class="excerpt_part">...interpretation of a bravura show piece during the competition. Former Kloster Schöntal competition prize winners include: VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>, Alexander Conunova, Nikita…
VC VOX POP | "What is Your Preferred Tuning A-Pitch Frequency?" [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...don’t have one, I feel as comfortable with A=443 as with A=415 ... but the tuning does help create a different atmosphere and sound projection ...." VC Artist Violinist…
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VC VOX POP | “How Do You Deal with the Side Effects of Traveling?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...dial away" VC Artist Violinist <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "I feel that, after the music-making itself, traveling is the greatest perk of our profession ... I love flying, and jet…
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VC VOX POP | “What Piece of Repertoire Do You Still Want to Learn?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...for me to discover" VC Artist Violinist <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: “The opportunity to play Chausson's Concerto for Violin & Piano keeps evading me ... as does the "Four Seasons" of…
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VC LIVE | Violin Channel Living Room Livestream Concerts [COVID-19]
<span class="excerpt_part">...STATES VC ARTIST NIKKI CHOOI LIVE FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK VC ARTIST IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA LIVE FROM HANNOVER, GERMANY VC ARTIST <strong>IGOR PIKAYZEN</strong> LIVE FROM DENVER, COLORADO PIANIST ARISTO…
Candidates Announced for 2019 Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition
<span class="excerpt_part">...1st prize winner will receive €3,000. Previous major prize winners include: VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>, Alexander Conunova, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Rennosuke Fukuda, Ziyu He…
VC VOX POP | “Are You Okay with Audiences Clapping Between Movements?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...but when movements are supposed to be attacca and an audience starts clapping then that's distracting to the flow of the music" VC Artist, Violinist <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: “Don't think…
Prizes Awarded at Germany’s Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition
<span class="excerpt_part">...Bulayev. Previous major prize winners include: VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>, Alexander Conunova, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Rennosuke Fukuda, Ziyu He and Ioana Christina Goicea. The…
VC VOX POP | “Do You Still Practice Etudes?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...... every day" VC Artist Violinist, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "I am more of a scale man ... but always warm up on Kreutzer 9 before going on stage" German Violinist…
VC VOX POP | "What Essentials Do You Keep in Your Instrument Case?" [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...and I at the Great Wall when I was 5 years old ..." VC Artist Violinist <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: “Besides the basics ... a nice set of cufflinks and usually…
Applications Open for Germany's Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition
<span class="excerpt_part">...Open to violinists of any nationality aged 14-20, the Senior 1st prize winner will receive €3,000. Previous major prize winners include: VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich,…
VC VOX POP | “Do You Ever Miss Something About How You Used To Play?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...Hagen: "No ... I'm always looking forward ... trying to improve!" VC Artist Violinist, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "I don't necessarily miss it ... but life was much easier when you…
VC VOX POP | “If You Only Had 3 Months to Live, What Would You Put on Your Farewell Recital?” [Q&A]
<span class="excerpt_part">...Goicea: "Most of the chamber music repertoire by Schubert ... including the C Major Cello Quintet" VC Artist Violinist, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>: "Definitely nothing sentimental ... Bach, of course ...…
Finalists Announced at Germany’s Kloster Schöntal Violin Competition
<span class="excerpt_part">...violinists of any nationality aged 14-20, the Senior 1st prize winner will receive €3,000. Previous major prize winners include: VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, <strong>Igor Pikayzen</strong>,…